Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here):
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 23, 2023
I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning Why School Vouchers Are A Bad Idea:
$7,200 for Every Student: Arizona’s Ultimate Experiment in School Choice https://t.co/25043JxcLH pic.twitter.com/80nELcje7b
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 24, 2023
Florida curriculum on slavery is an obscene revision of Black history https://t.co/5GSFZlJ6rP pic.twitter.com/C7zD4RtwLw
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 25, 2023
Number of kids who received free summer lunches dropped by nearly 45% in 2022 compared to previous year https://t.co/RRKgBbmlWi via @nbcnews
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 25, 2023
I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning About The Role Of Private Foundations In Education Policy:
Though I have questions/issues w/some of the things they r doing, they also – surprisingly to me – seem to be doing some decent work —— Priscilla Chan reflects on @chanzuckerberg ’s progress of advancing new research and tools in education. https://t.co/WrBVu8H6vM
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 25, 2023
the Tennessee Education Association has filed a lawsuit with 5 teachers over a 2-year-old law restricting what educators can teach about race, gender, and bias in their classrooms
report from @marta_w_aldrichhttps://t.co/FnKZjoAQtT
— Rachel Cohen (@rmc031) July 26, 2023
Incredibly grim: “Library spaces at some schools will be converted into rooms where students who misbehave will be relocated to watch lessons virtually, work alone, or in groups with differentiated lessons.” https://t.co/7C048IAOcg
— Nick Covington (@CovingtonEDU) July 26, 2023
DeSantis’s staffers raging at Byron Donalds over the Florida social studies curriculum is exactly how DeSantis’s politics works: gaslighting mixed with fury. https://t.co/Ndt8i3sRUF
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 27, 2023
The Texas GOP's seizure of the Houston school district is going to wreak irrevocable harm on the black and brown students who have no other option, unlike most white residents who have already opted out of public school there. https://t.co/xCWrU7r3Zd
— Joel D. Anderson 🆓 (@byjoelanderson) July 27, 2023
I'm shocked. Shocked! https://t.co/OUM37Vpct9
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 28, 2023
In short, it's a red herring to say censorship laws allow the "impartial" teaching of controversial history. Anyone can simply claim the underlying choice of uncomfortable historical facts is itself not "impartial."
Here's a free link to the argument. 7/7https://t.co/8FJnZRMkcW
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 27, 2023
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